Diligent Recruitment Navigator (Vermont)
Vermont used the Diligent Recruitment Navigator and technical assistance from the National Resource Center on Diligent Recruitment to develop its diligent recruitment plan. The plan emphasizes the importance of data access, collection and analysis but notes that access to the data is a challenge with the existing IT system. The agency’s QA team was engaged to establish data baselines and identify gaps regarding the three priority areas of increasing retention of kin, foster and adoptive families; improving recruitment by increasing timely system response from inquiry to licensure; and increasing available capacity of kin, foster and adoptive families. The state’s goals include using data to select the most effective recruitment activities, increasing consistency in data collection and providing diligent recruitment data to districts to support planning.